lthough located in P.E.I., this three-story house has a New England Cape feeling. It employs the full-Cape design with center entry and staircase, and overlooks the Northumberland Strait at Sundance Cove. Both the roof and exterior side walls of the house are clad with western red cedar shingles.

Interior features include a hand-crafted pine kitchen; a bookcase/fireplace wall incorporating custom built bookcases, alcoves, and mantle in the Georgian style; custom wood shutters on the windows built to a Rob Roy Builder’s design; and throughout, hardwood floors atop in-floor heat. The masonry for fireplace and flues is in the traditional English style. There is a walk-out basement on the water side that is home to a big games room and family room with in-floor heat. To minimize noise, the furnace room and mechanical room were located underneath the garage floor.


Carl Hansen's Experience

My wife Lynne and I had a set of plans to start with, but in agreement with Rob and Pat, made many changes along the way. There was never a hassle in making these changes. They had good ideas, thoughts, and suggestions — and could access a wide variety of materials. They knew where to go to get special things made, and had helpful contacts. Regarding moldings, for example, Rob immediately knew where to go to have a molding form made to suit our needs exactly. In addition, he had relationships with top talent in the various sub trades.

We have no complaints. We are very happy with the workmanship — it’s excellent, there’s no question. Our dollar value is there, too; in both product and service. Rob spent a lot of personal time running around to different places, making sure that we got what we wanted. He was attentive to the job and cared about it — it was very important to him. Not only was he trying to please us by having a good product, he was trying to please himself.

Right from day one we had trust. We found Rob and Pat very caring and had a lot of confidence that what they suggested would be right. Lynn and I would come up with various ideas and ask them if they would work. Some would, some wouldn’t. But with their knowledge and background they were able to make decisions on changes quickly and efficiently. We couldn’t have been any happier with the finished product and the suggestions that got us there.


Carl Hansen
President, Hansen Electric